Doctor Who fans praise Moffat’s ‘heartbreaking’ exit for Amy and Rory

Fans of Doctor Who have heaped praise on showrunner
Steven Moffat after the final scenes featuring
Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill aired.

Doctor Who saw Amy and Rory say goodbye to the Timelord (Picture: BBC)

The long-anticipated exit of Amy and Rory Pond, played by Gillan and Darvill, aired in Doctor Who episode The Angels Take Manhattan tonight and fans were not disappointed.

Despite many describing themselves as ‘inconsolable’ after the deaths of Amy and Rory, viewers were complimentary of Moffat’s execution of the pair’s demise.

As the hashtag pun ‘APondFarewell’ trended on Twitter, one fan wrote: ‘Karen and Arthur you were the perfect Amy and Rory. Whatever happens today, we will always remember the Ponds.’

And once the action had unfolded, others added: ‘Amy and Rory’s love is the best thing ever’ and ‘I am not crying at Doctor Who. Definitely not. Ok maybe just a little bit.’

One Twitter user seemed taken aback at the ending, writing: ‘Wow… That was a better end to Amy and Rory’s time with the Doctor than I had ever imagined. Amazingly heartbreaking.’

The Doctor is shell-shocked as he hugs Amy and Rory (Picture: BBC)

In fact, the word ‘heartbreaking’ was a word that came up a lot, with a fan tweeting: ‘a beautiful, heartbreaking and wondeful episode. the perfect way to say goodbye to Amy and Rory, Moffat, i bloody love you’

Another Doctor Who fan heaped more praise on Moffat, saying: ‘Moffat I hate you and I love you. Thank goodness they lived together. AWESOME episode but you broke my heart. Inconsolable’.

And although Rory and Amy’s departure formed the context for a lot of Doctor Who tweets tonight, there were a fair few nods to River Song, played by Alex Kingston, who made an appearance in The Angels Take Manhattan.

‘River Song should have her own show, omg she’s brilliant,’ one fan wrote, while another added: ‘If you hate River Song we can’t be friends or anything, really. ‘